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Alexandria vs. Bluffton - Turf team visiting a wet, sloppy field should work to Alexandria's advantage. Eastern vs. Elwood - Comets get to rest starters in the second half for the next 2 weeks. Draw of the century. Madison Grant vs. Northfield - MG in a runaway Frankton vs. Eastbrook - I like Frankton's chances. Which QB plays for them makes the difference. Hamilton Heights vs. Oak Hill - HH Big in this one. Tipton vs. Blackford - Growing up in Elwood nothing brings me joy like watching Tipton struggle. GO BRUINS! Mississinewa vs. Western - The only team I like less than Tipton is Mississinewa. GO PANTHERS!!

Oak Hill vs Elwood - Even in a down year OH wins this one. I don't know the HC at Elwood, but there are a couple long time assistant coaches there that deserve a shot at running the program and getting it turned around. Mississinewa vs Eastbrook - HUUUUGGEE EB Panther fan tonight. Besides my loathing for 'Ole Miss, my Tigers need a hand to secure a co-championship. Frankton vs Blackford - I think this one could be close. QB play will decide if Frankton can win this one. Madison-Grant vs Alexandria - Not worried about Bluffton just yet, just take care of business tonight. Tigers by 14

Oak Hill vs Blackford - I give Blackford a small chance, very small, but I think OH wins this one. Madison Grant vs Eastbrook - It's homecoming at Eastbrook and they are tough, even in "down" years. I'll take MG in a very close one. Elwood vs Mississinewa - Well..... Alexandria vs Frankton - Close at first but the Tigers should pull away at the end of this one. BTW, where are the Eastbook guys this season telling us all how EB needs to move conferences? CIC is too soft and all of that good chatter?

Mississinewa vs Blackford: I was a little surprised at Ole Miss numbers last weekend. Do they bring freshmen to varsity games? If so, numbers seem way down for a 4A school. A lot of kids going both ways as well. Frankton vs Madison-Grant: I'm still not a Frankton believer. Oak Hill vs Alexandria: Tigers should get back on track. I hope they keep in mind that OH got 'em 55-7 last year. Eastbrook vs Elwood: Panthers are going to win! Get it...

Eastbrook at Blackford - This one is over before it starts. Elwood at Madison-Grant - MG too much for the Panthers to start a streak Mississinewa at Alexandria - Gotta go with the Tigers. The early scheduled helped to stay fresh going into this tough stretch. DB's will have their hands full. Oak Hill at Frankton - Almost a pick'em in my book. Eagles win a tight one on Homecoming though.

Blackford vs Elwood...gotta pick the ole Panthers sometime. Prime example of "be careful who you vote for" when it comes to local school boards. The problems at Elwood are directly contributable to voting for friends that had Z E R O clue what they were doing. Mississinewa vs Frankton...Too big, too fast Madison-Grant vs Oak Hill...See above Alexandria vs Eastbrook.. The Tiger defense is better than they are given credit for.

Blackford at Madison-Grant Eastbrook at Frankton Elwood at Alexandria Mississinewa at Oak Hill Not much chatter this year.

Alexandria vs Blackford Frankton vs Elwood Oak Hill vs Eastbrook Madison Grant vs Mississinewa ....ole miss has got to still be p&$^ed off about last year.

Eastbrook vs Fort Wayne Concordia Marion vs Ole Miss Southwood vs Oak Hill Alexandria vs Wabash Elwood vs Tipton Blackford vs Fremont Madison-Grant vs Southern Wells Frankton vs Lapel

Eerily quiet..... Blackford v Jay County Eastern Hancock v Frankton Huntington North v Eastbrook Madison-Grant v Tri-Central Ole Miss v Norwell Oak Hill v Eastern Southern Wells v Elwood Wes-Del v Alexandria

I liked that Alexandria held their own against 3A Hamilton Heights. Not a bad showing at all given that HH came over a few years ago and beat this group of seniors in a JV by 50.

The 4 D-Linemen do not play both ways, defense only. All the linemen had a tremendous summer to build depth and not have to play both ways.

Alex D-Line goes 6'4"(E), 6'3"(DT), 6'4"(DT), 5'11"(E)...

Have a look at the Alexandria starters. Ton of Sophomores and Juniors playing, and a couple Frosh adding minutes on the O and D line.

He is working at Frankton as a part of the Alternative program and helping with a younger age group, has a son playing, but has too much integrity to be trying to take over a program. Frankton has a coach. If that coach reaches out, I'm sure he would help though.

Elwood job has become open.....again....

That's the key. Not being a "winning" middle school program means little when they get to high school and know the exact system, terminology, play calls, blocking assignments. While other programs are teaching freshmen all of the above, Eastbrook is getting them stronger and fine tuning. The blueprint is there.

If you pull up the enrollment #'s from IHSAA, Mississenwa is a transfer or 2 away from being back in 3A, they are the bottom team in 4A. Talking with some admin at Alex, the numbers are way up and are creeping closer to 3A.

Alexandria @ Elwood Even with a backup QB Alex is too much Frankton @ Eastbrook Eastbook big Madison Grant @ Blackford I'm giving this one a toss up. They run the same offense so they should know how to slow one another down. Oak Hill @ Mississinewa Completely un-impressed with Ole Miss this season. Multiple state championships and state finalists teams in the past decade. Football is down right now no doubt, but still a good conference.

Starting QB injured in Q1 of last weeks game vs. Blackford. Could be out a couple weeks.

Eastbrook @ Oak Hill No brainer really Blackford @ Alexandria Tigers have been missing multiple starters, they should all be back this week. Alex by 14 Elwood @ Frankton I have hope that my Alma Mater can get things going this week. The group of Juniors have been playing since day 1 as freshman, it's their week Mississinewa @ Madison Grant MG is scrappy, but Ole Miss has too many kids to run in fresh legs and wear them down.

Lapel is a clear fit geographically and school size. Delta and Winchester....that's a huge stretch. Tipton won't won't come back as long as Eastbrook is in...can't beat them. Hamilton Heights seems to get left out. 3A School that fits geographically.

Earlier this week I believe.

Blackford at Eastern Delta at Eastbrook Lapel at Frankton Mississinewa at New Haven Oak Hill at Southwood Tipton at Elwood Wabash at Alexandria

It's Wednesday of week 1 and not a peep?!?!